Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal Cases

Meta lawyer Mark Lemley quits AI case citing Zuckerberg 'descent' (bloomberglaw.com)
California attorney Mark Lemley dropped Meta Platforms Inc. as a client in a high-profile copyright case because of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness,” the Stanford University professor said on LinkedIn.

Legal Cases, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Silicon Valley

46 points by jsheard 3 days ago | 38 comments

EFF Sides with Cox to Protect Piracy-Accused Internet Users from Copyright Troll (torrentfreak.com)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has got involved in a lawsuit between several movie companies and ISP Cox, who disagree over the use of DMCA subpoenas to identify alleged pirates. The EFF argues this could be abused by "copyright trolls" to target innocent users. They urge the court to require a full lawsuit with judicial oversight.

Copyright Law, Digital Rights, Internet Privacy, Legal Cases

8 points by gslin 5 days ago | 0 comments

EU court fines European Commission for breaching its own data privacy laws [pdf] (europa.eu)

EU Law, Data Privacy, Government Regulations, Legal Cases

6 points by impish9208 9 days ago | 1 comments

TikTok should lose its big Supreme Court case (vox.com)
The Supreme Court case asking if the government can ban TikTok is easier than it looks.

Legal Cases, Social Media, Supreme Court

95 points by nabla9 12 days ago | 128 comments

Man who claims he invented Bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1T suit (arstechnica.com)
Craig Wright, the man who claims he invented bitcoin and has been filing lawsuits asserting intellectual property rights, was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for committing contempt of court.

Bitcoin, Lawsuits, Cryptocurrency, Legal Cases

6 points by pseudolus 27 days ago | 0 comments

Our remedies proposal in DOJ's search distribution case (google)
We will appeal the Court’s decision but the process requires that we first file proposed remedies. This is a case about contracts. Antitrust law is clear that remedies should be directed to those contracts, unlike DOJ’s overbroad proposal.

Antitrust Law, Legal Cases, Google, Contracts

33 points by xnx 28 days ago | 5 comments

End of Hachette vs. Internet Archive (archive.org)
While we are deeply disappointed with the Second Circuit’s opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the Internet Archive has decided not to pursue Supreme Court review.

Legal Cases, Digital Libraries, Copyright

23 points by jzb 43 days ago | 1 comments

End of Hachette v. Internet Archive (archive.org)
While we are deeply disappointed with the Second Circuit’s opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the Internet Archive has decided not to pursue Supreme Court review.

Legal Cases, Copyright, Libraries

12 points by hn_acker 44 days ago | 2 comments

Core copyright violation moves ahead in The Intercept's lawsuit against OpenAI (niemanlab.org)
Last week, a New York federal judge ruled a key copyright violation claim by The Intercept against OpenAI would move ahead in court.

Copyright Law, Journalism, AI, Legal Cases

307 points by giuliomagnifico 50 days ago | 364 comments

Supreme Court to review 5th Circuit ruling that upends Universal Service Fund (arstechnica.com)
The US Supreme Court will hear appeals of a 5th Circuit ruling that called Universal Service fees on phone bills an illegal tax.

Legal Cases, Telecommunications, Government, Supreme Court, Law

4 points by LorenDB 53 days ago | 0 comments

Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

Legal Cases, Law, Social Media, Privacy, Facebook

109 points by JumpCrisscross 55 days ago | 51 comments

Woman Fired for Refusing Covid Vaccine Wins Record $12M (newsweek.com)
A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination.

Legal Cases, COVID-19, Healthcare, Employment

7 points by shaicoleman 67 days ago | 1 comments

Laion wins copyright infringement lawsuit in German court (technollama.co.uk)
Copyright AI nerds have been eagerly awaiting a decision in the German case of Kneschke v LAION (previous blog post about the case here), and yesterday we got a ruling (text of the decision in German here, courtesy of Mirko Brüß). In short, LAION was successful in its defence against claims for copyright infringement.

Copyright Law, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Cases

11 points by pcaharrier 81 days ago | 0 comments

Court grants WP Engine's motion to shorten time [pdf] (courtlistener.com)

Legal Cases, Web Hosting, WP Engine

21 points by rob 86 days ago | 1 comments

WP Engine's motion for preliminary injunction [pdf] (courtlistener.com)

Legal Cases, Software, WordPress

24 points by lolinder 92 days ago | 7 comments

Google LLC vs. Oracle America, Inc (wikipedia.org)

Legal Cases, Software, Intellectual Property

6 points by sandwichsphinx 95 days ago | 0 comments

Jenniffer Westmoreland (Plaintiff) vs. Matt Mullenweg (Defendant) [pdf] (2022) (freewp.com)

Lawsuits, Legal Cases, WordPress

10 points by gjsman-1000 96 days ago | 3 comments

Couple in an Uber crash can't sue because of an Uber Eats order (ctvnews.ca)
A married New Jersey couple that was in a severe accident during an Uber ride can’t sue the company because they and their daughter agreed to arbitration when they accepted the terms of service for a separate Uber Eats order, a court has ruled.

Legal Cases, Uber, Contracts, Transportation, Technology

17 points by Bluestein 107 days ago | 5 comments

US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber terms (theguardian.com)
A New Jersey couple seriously injured when their Uber driver ran a red light and collided with another car has lost a bid to take legal action against the company in court.

Legal Cases, Uber, Transportation, New Jersey

8 points by Gabriel54 109 days ago | 2 comments

Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette vs. Internet Archive (archive.org)
We are disappointed in today’s opinion about the Internet Archive’s digital lending of books that are available electronically elsewhere. We are reviewing the court’s opinion and will continue to defend the rights of libraries to own, lend, and preserve books.

Legal Cases, Libraries, Copyright, Digital Lending

18 points by rbanffy 126 days ago | 4 comments

Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette vs. Internet Archive (poast.org)

Internet Archive, Legal Cases, Copyright, Books

81 points by AdmiralAsshat 135 days ago | 5 comments

The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette vs. Internet Archive (courtlistener.com)

Legal Cases, Copyright, Digital Libraries

995 points by Signez 136 days ago | 792 comments

Court Denies Cheat Seller AimJunkies a New Trial, Affirms Bungie's $4.3M Win (torrentfreak.com)

Legal Cases, Gaming, Copyright Infringement, Bungie

12 points by popcalc 138 days ago | 0 comments

Judge who owns Tesla stock greenlights X lawsuit against critics (theverge.com)